This one is a piece of a cake. The BEST day of my life was when I gave birth to my son Candon Jay. I will remember it like it happened seconds ago for forever lol. It was March 3rd, 2010. My boyfriend Jonathan David McTigrit had just moved down the day before to come live with me and my son. It's almost like Candon waited for him to be there to come out ha. Because sure enough at about 5:30 I started having contractions.I jus laid in bed watching my phone and counting them. I had already had like 5 false alarms so I wasn't about to wake everyone up at my friend's house to be bummed that the lil shit was still going to wait lol. Contractions are the worst feeling in the world, I just had a feeling that this was the real thing because it was so much more severe than all the past times. I finally counted 5 contractions all within 6 minutes apart from each other and seeing how it was only about 6:00ish by then I called my doctor. He told me that if I could wait to go to his office at 8:00 but if I couldn't wait to go to the E.R. I told myself I could wait. I sat on the edge of the bed counting the contractions making sure they weren't too close. Finally around 7:30 I woke up my best friend Charise and told her I really think Candon is coming today :) she was excited and told me to text her and they would make it up there. Next was to wake up my boyfriend which is a task all on its own because he is such a heavy sleeper! He jumped up though when I told him it was time. And we got in the car and it was on the way to the hospital for us. Luckily, the hospital was only 10 minutes from my friend's house. I tried to wait patiently outside the door to my doctor's office while they unlocked it. They laid me down in the first room and put the monitor around my belly. It's hard to describe if you haven't ever seen one. But it measures your contractions. And they wanted to monitor me and make sure that I was going into labor before they did anything. So now we waited for about a half hour. Then the nurse came in and said how would you like to have a baby today? I was SOOO excited. It was finally time. The very first person I called was my Nana. Then I called my dad. Then I called Charise and told her to tell all my friends. My doctor then wanted me to go to the Delivery Room which was allll the way on the other side of the hospital. By this time I was having strong ass contractions every 4 minutes. And they wanted me to walk there, I was like wtf? lol. But I walked there hand in hand with my boyfriend :) They got me all hooked up there. And I asked when I could get my epidural. And to think I had really considered about going natural, hell no! That's the worst pain I have ever felt in my life. I believe I can bear any pain, since I could bear child birth for so long. My doctor came in and since my water didn't break he had to break it. It was funny because my boyfriend was in the chair at my feet and my doctor goes "Uhhh, you might want to move from right there unless you want to see this." lol. My boyfriend got up quick and went to the windowsill seat. He broke my water and I had to sit in it for like 10 minutes. I kept asking them if I could take a shower lol. I felt sooo nasty. Then Alex came in I was so happy to see her. I asked if she could go get dad for me because I wanted to see him too and Tony was too young to come in. Dad came in and said to hurry up lol. Then my nurse came in and told me I could have 3 people in the room when I gave birth to Candon. I wanted the girls in there but I didn't want to upset my boyfriend, but it's almost like he knew what I wanted because he said I can wait till he comes out, I'll go with your dad in the waiting room. So I got to have my sister, Charise, and Amberlie in the room with me. Then thank god it was time to get my epidural. The girls had to leave, because no one is allowed in the room other than the guy doing it and my nurse. I was having full blown contractions by then, and I told my nurse that I couldn't get up. She helped me get up and told me if I didn't do this now that I would lose my chance and have to do it natural. She said I could pinch her and whatever but I was getting up to get this. She taught me how to breathe and it helped. She was amazing. Idk what I would have done without her. Her name was Anna. I got my epidural and it hurt but I didn't move at all. And within ten minutes I felt like I was floating. All i felt was pressure down there. And when my girls came back in I told them I think he's about to pop out. Then Anna came in and said okay we are going to do a test run. She put my legs in these stirrups where you lay your whole leg in them. Then she said on the count of three push. I counted to three with everyone and tried pushing but couldn't feel nothing down there. And my girls started laughing and when you are around friends you know what it's like you can't help but laugh. Especially when I'm around my sister and I couldn't stop laughing. Then my friend Amberlie goes omg I see hair! And Anna told me I had to quit laughing so I didn't pop my baby out without a doctor. We waited for like 5 minutes. My doctor came in I pushed like two big pushes and out came my son. Alex cut the umbilical cord and held my hand. Amberlie and Charise were each at my side. Candon was screaming and then they gave him to me and instantly he was quiet. He looked so content. That was the happiest moment of my life, seeing my son for the first time. I'm almost tearing up thinking about it and how happy I was that I finally had him. lol. After only 6 hours in all he was born March 3, 2010 at 11:34 a.m. weighing 6 pounds 13 ounces and 20 inches long. Then all the pictures were taken. I look like shit in this one. But this is when Jonathan first came in and saw him. Jonathan isn't Candon's real dad but he is his dad. He has been there since I was 6 months pregnant. And he loves my son as much as I do. He's exactly what I had been looking for when I wasn't even looking. I prayed when I first found out that I was pregnant. That if I gave up my lifestyle if I could be sent to someone that would take care of me and my son and love us. And I was patient, and got blessed with the man I am going to spend the rest of my life with.
This is the outfit I brought Candon home in, and yes I still kept it :)
And that's it, being a mother is the most amazing feeling in the world, I would NEVER give it up for anything.
--peace out, girl scout--
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